Twitter IPO stokes hot market for Internet stocks
Internet stocks are heating up again, just as Twitter is preparing to turn up the temperature with its highly anticipated IPO.
Business
Oct 2, 2013
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Cerberus interested in BlackBerry
Private equity firm Cerberus is interested in taking a look at BlackBerry's books as a prelude to a possible bid for the troubled smartphone company.
Business
Oct 2, 2013
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US official admits testing US cellphone tracking
National Security Agency chief Gen. Keith Alexander revealed Wednesday that his spy agency once tested whether it could track Americans' cell phone locations, in addition to its practice of sweeping broad information about ...
Internet
Oct 2, 2013
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Norwegian whale hunters satisfied with increased catch
Norwegian whale hunters announced a big increase in their annual catch Wednesday but it remained less than half the limit set by the government.
Ecology
Oct 2, 2013
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New leak at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant: TEPCO (Update)
Another leak of radioactive water has been found at Fukushima, the plant's Japanese operator said Thursday, the latest setback for the troubled clean-up at the broken nuclear power station.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 2, 2013
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Longline fishery in Costa Rica kills thousands of sea turtles and sharks
The second-most-common catch on Costa Rica's longline fisheries in the last decade was not a commercial fish species. It was olive ridley sea turtles. These lines also caught more green turtles than most species of fish.
Ecology
Oct 2, 2013
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Mars crater may actually be ancient supervolcano, study says
(Phys.org) —A research project led by Joseph R. Michalski, Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, has identified what could be a supervolcano on Mars – the first discovery of its kind.
Space Exploration
Oct 2, 2013
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Astronomers observe distant galaxy powered by primordial cosmic fuel
(Phys.org) —Astronomers have detected cold streams of primordial hydrogen, vestigial matter left over from the Big Bang, fueling a distant star-forming galaxy in the early Universe. Profuse flows of gas onto galaxies are ...
Astronomy
Oct 2, 2013
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Computer scientists develop new approach to sort cells up to 38 times faster
A team of engineers led by computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a new approach that marries computer vision and hardware optimization to sort cells up to 38 times faster than is currently ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 2, 2013
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Fear of predators drives honey bees away from good food sources
Most of us think of honey bees as having a bucolic, pastoral existence—flying from flower to flower to collect the nectar they then turn into honey. But while they're capable of defending themselves with their painful stings, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2013
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